Sociology and social work

Evaluations of ingroup and outgroup members: the role of category-based expectancy violation

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Empirical research showed that when a person's behavior violated stereotyped expectations for notable ingroups, 'expectancy-violation theory' suggests that the person was being evaluated drastically. The study examined the mediational effects of category-based expectancy violations on other's perception. Evaluations of ingroup and outgroup members were affected by group membership, individuating information, expectancy violation and cognitive complexity.

Publisher:Academic Press, Inc.Publication Name:Journal of Experimental Social PsychologySubject:Sociology and social workISSN:0022-1031Year:1997

Stereotype (Psychology), Stereotypes (Psychology)

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Homogeneity of gender groups in memory

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A study examining the memory of gender groups revealed that homogenizing the female targets by both sexes is influenced by dominant male status. In the crude recall paradigm, in male subjects, the gender out-group was more homogenous than the gender in-group. The female subjects, however tended to show in-group homogenization. The effect of superordinate membership in an in-group of students or an out-group of employees was also considered.

Author: Stewart, Tracie L., Eagly, Alice H., Lorenzi-Cioldi, Fabio

Publisher:Academic Press, Inc.Publication Name:Journal of Experimental Social PsychologySubject:Sociology and social workISSN:0022-1031Year:1995

Memory, Sex differences (Psychology)

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On leaping to conclusions when feeling tired: mental fatigue effects on impressional primacy

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Mental fatigue affects impression formation. Experimental results reveal that a fatigued state causes increased primacy effects. Accountability reduces the effect of fatigue. Fatigue may heighten the need for cognitive closure, which may be causally related to a reduction in cognitive capacity. The effect of mental fatigue thus favors information presented earlier.

Author: Kruglanski, Arie W., Richter, Linda, Webster, Donna M.

Publisher:Academic Press, Inc.Publication Name:Journal of Experimental Social PsychologySubject:Sociology and social workISSN:0022-1031Year:1996